Nate — Lori Handeland

Love Was All She Had To Give

When Josephine Clancy, the pastor's daughter, met gun-for-hire Nate Lang, she couldn't help but offer her friendship. Haunted by the War Between the States, Nate was the kind of man who needed someone. But Jo hadn't counted on falling in love with the hurting, secretive stranger -- or the lengths she would travel to rescue him from the melancholy that threatened to destroy him.

Even the little town of Rock Creek, Texas -- and the five men Nate calls his only friends -- hadn't succeeded into saving Nate from the emotional pain he can never escape. Spirited Jo was no different -- until one passionate moment between them resulted in a hasty wedding. Yet Nate can't deny that Jo's trust in him is a gift he can't refuse -- and that in her arms her love is his greatest joy...